Wollert Konow (SB)

Wollert Konow (16 August 1845 - 15 March 1924[1]) was a Norwegian politician. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1910 to 1912.[2]

Background

In 1842 his father, Wollert Konow, Ph.D.(1809–1881), who was a Norwegian writer and politician, had purchased the historic Stend Manor (Stend hovedgård) in the Fana borough of Bergen, Norway where Wollert Konow was born. Wollert Konow was a grandson of the famous Danish writer Adam Oehlenschlager. His mother was Marie Louise Oehlenschläger (1818–1910), daughter of Adam Oehlenschläger. .[3]

Career

Wollert Konow was mayor of Fana most of the time between 1880 and 1901, and was in 1877-1879 Deputy to the Parliament for Søndre Bergenhus. He was Minister of the Interior 1891-1893, Minister of Agriculture 1898-1902, and Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Auditing 1902 - 1903. He was Odelsting president 1884-1887 and president of the Storting in 1888 and again from 1897 to 1899. Konow was alternate member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, 1913 to 1922 and Member of the Committee from 1922 until he died in 1924.

"SB" is usually appended to Konow's name to differentiate him from his contemporary politician by the same name, Wollert Konow from Hedmark. SB stands for "Søndre Bergenhus," the now-defunct district this Konow represented in national politics.[4]

References

  1. ^ Biografier - Samfunnsveven
  2. ^ Wollert Konow, Statsminister 1910-1912 (Departementenes servicesenter)
  3. ^ Stend(Hordaland Fylkeskommune)
  4. ^ Wollert Konow (Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste AS)
Political offices
Preceded by
Gunnar Knudsen		 Prime Minister of Norway
1910–1912		 Succeeded by
Jens Bratlie
First Ministers, 1814–1873
Haxthausen • Rosenkrantz • Sommerhielm • Collett • Krog • Vogt • Petersen • F. Stang
Prime Ministers, 1873–1905
F. Stang • Selmer • Schweigaard • Sverdrup • E. Stang • Steen • E. Stang • Hagerup • Steen • Blehr • Hagerup
Prime Ministers, 1905–1940
Michelsen • Løvland • Knudsen • Konow • Bratlie • Knudsen • Halvorsen • Blehr • Halvorsen • Berge • Mowinckel • Lykke • Hornsrud • Mowinckel • Kolstad • Hundseid • Mowinckel • Nygaardsvold
WWII 1940–1945
Nygaardsvold (Prime Minister in exile, 1940-1945)  
Quisling (Prime Minister, 1940 coup) • Christensen (Chairman of the Administrative Council, 1940) • Terboven (German Commissioner for Norway) •  Quisling (Minister President, 1942-1945)
Prime Ministers, 1945–
Gerhardsen • Torp • Gerhardsen • Lyng • Gerhardsen • Borten • Bratteli • Korvald • Bratteli • Nordli • Brundtland • Willoch • Brundtland • Syse • Brundtland • Jagland • Bondevik • Stoltenberg • Bondevik • Stoltenberg